Leah Ke Yi Zheng
Untitled (Man in bed of Roger de La Fresnaye), 2023
acrylic on silk over mahogany stretcher
24.5 x 30.5 x 4.5 cm
9 5/8 x 12 x 1 3/4 in
9 5/8 x 12 x 1 3/4 in
'A minor figure in the cubist art circle. Roger de La Fresnaye made many paintings of men in bed. I encounter the image from the exhibition Robert Gober curated in...
"A minor figure in the cubist art circle. Roger de La Fresnaye made many paintings of men in
bed. I encounter the image from the exhibition Robert Gober curated in the Menil collection.
The monstrous hand, the static pose, immobilized vulnerability; static venerability: bed;
what a special place for the industrialized men, stay longer.
What’s to note is the crease of the silk and that the work is a painting and not a drawing,
with painted drawn lines. Perhaps they are also the dialectical indulgence I’m facing in
making this painting." Leah Ke Yi Zheng
bed. I encounter the image from the exhibition Robert Gober curated in the Menil collection.
The monstrous hand, the static pose, immobilized vulnerability; static venerability: bed;
what a special place for the industrialized men, stay longer.
What’s to note is the crease of the silk and that the work is a painting and not a drawing,
with painted drawn lines. Perhaps they are also the dialectical indulgence I’m facing in
making this painting." Leah Ke Yi Zheng